middleman
noun
mid·dle·man
ˈmi-dᵊl-ˌman 
: an intermediary or agent between two parties
especially
: a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer
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The Internet helps consumers save money by buying products directly from companies and eliminating the middleman.
We've cut out the middleman and can reduce prices for our customers.
He acted as the middleman in the talks between labor and management.
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The middlemen, known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have been around since the late 1960s and serve as intermediaries between drug manufacturers and health insurance providers.
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Congress has heard these complaints and introduced reforms to correct for this anticompetitive behavior, but employers can seize this authority now and set no middleman contracts between company and drug manufacturer.
—Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But with middlemen in short supply and contention out of the question, taking a gamble on his talent for a low price makes a lot of sense.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
By embracing a direct-to-consumer sales model, drugmakers can bypass middlemen such as pharmacy benefit managers and potentially capture some of the billions of dollars in revenue that flow through those intermediaries each year.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Congress has heard these complaints and introduced reforms to correct for this anticompetitive behavior, but employers can seize this authority now and set no middleman contracts between company and drug manufacturer.
—Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But with middlemen in short supply and contention out of the question, taking a gamble on his talent for a low price makes a lot of sense.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
By embracing a direct-to-consumer sales model, drugmakers can bypass middlemen such as pharmacy benefit managers and potentially capture some of the billions of dollars in revenue that flow through those intermediaries each year.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Middleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middleman. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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middleman
noun
mid·dle·man
ˈmid-ᵊl-ˌman
: go-between
especially
: a dealer between the producer of goods and the consumer
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